SECOND CALL FOR PAPERS AND PARTICIPATION 2nd INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON MEDITERRANEAN STUDIES

SECOND CALL FOR PAPERS AND PARTICIPATION
2nd INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON
MEDITERRANEAN STUDIES
9-12 APRIL 2009, ATHENS, GREECE


The Athens Institute for Education and Research (ATINER) organizes an
International Conference on Mediterranean Studies in Athens, Greece,
9-12 April 2009. The conference website is:
www.atiner.gr/docs/Mediterranean.htm.

The registration fee is 250 euro, covering access to all sessions, two
lunches, coffee breaks, and conference material. Special arrangements will
be made with local hotels for a limited number of rooms at a special
conference rate. In addition, a number of special events will be
organized: a Greek night of entertainment, a special one-day cruise in the
Greek islands and a half-day tour around the wider area of Athens
(Attica).

The aim of the conference is to bring together scholars, researchers and
students from all areas of Mediterranean Studies, such as history, arts,
archaeology, philosophy, culture, sociology, politics, international
relations, economics, business, sports etc. Special sessions will be
devoted to Middle East and the Eastern Mediterranean Countries. Panel
organizers are encouraged to submit their proposals by inviting other
scholars that do research in the area.

Please submit an abstract (using email only to: atiner@atiner.gr) by
December 8th, 2008 to: Dr. Gregory A. Katsas, Head, Sociology Research
Unit, ATINER and Associate Professor, The American College of Greece-Deree
College, Greece. Abstracts should include: Title of Paper, Full Name (s),
Affiliation, Current Position, an email address and at least 3 keywords
that best describe the subject of your submission. Decisions are reached
within 4 weeks. If you want to participate without presenting a paper,
i.e. chair a session, review papers to be included in the conference
proceedings or books, contribute to the editing of a book, or any other
contribution, please send an email to Dr. Gregory T. Papanikos,
(gtp@atiner.gr) Director, ATINER.

The Athens Institute for Education and Research (ATINER) was established
in 1995 as an independent academic organization with the mission to become
a forum, where academics and researchers, from all over the world, could
meet in Athens and exchange ideas on their research and discuss the future
developments of their discipline. Since 1995, ATINER has organized more
than 100 international conferences and has published over 80 books have
been published. Academically, the Institute is organized into four
research divisions and nineteen research units. Each research unit
organizes at least an annual conference and undertakes various small and
large research projects.